Famous “My Oga At The Top” NSCDC officer promoted to Deputy Commandant-General

Shem Obafiaye, a popular officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), who made the viral “Oga At The Top” remark, has become the real ‘Oga at the top’ as he gained promotion to the rank of Deputy Commandant-General of the security outfit.

Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, the minister of interior, decorated Obafiaye alongside two of his colleagues—Fasiu Adeyinka, ex-Kwara commandant, and Raji, a former Imo commandant—as deputy commandants-general.

“As the chairman of the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB), I decorated the three new Deputy Commandants General of the NSCDC.”

On December 1, the federal government approved the promotion of 32,361 personnel of all ranks in the parastatals under the Ministry of Interior.

Recalled that in 2013, Obafiaye, the NSCDC’s Lagos commandant at the time, appeared as a guest on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television breakfast show, and faltered when asked to identify the NSCDC’s website.

“The website is… excuse me… wait… it can only be made known by my Oga at the top,” he said, with an index finger pointing skywards.

“I cannot categorically tell you one now and my Oga at the top would give you another one,” he added.

The phrase ‘Oga At The Top’ gained popularity in Nigeria for several months which affected the good image of the NSCDC.

It was one the leading a meme, converted into danceable tunes for club skit makers and partygoers across the nation. It was also printed on T-shirts with a caricature of the man of the then man of the moment.

Obafiaye was redeployed from the Lagos command of the NSCDC shortly following the embarrassing incident.